A Roll Call of Myopic Idiocy
The 18 Useless Tits of American Environmentalism
The Federation of American Immigration Reform (FAIR) made an
Assessment of Major Environmental Groups on Population/Immigration
http://www.fairus.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=16923&security=1601&news_iv_ctrl=1009
FAIR examined the stances of various environmental groups on overpopulation and immigration. They asked four questions of 21 prominent environmental organizations:
1. Does this organization acknowledge that population growth is a problem?
2. Does this organization specifically address population growth in the U.S. ?
3. Does this group acknowledge the role of immigration in U.S. population growth?
4. Does this group take a stance on immigration reduction?
The results of this survey confirm the impression that this sorry excuse for an environmental movement has no comprehensive understanding of environmental degradation. They seem to believe that environmental damage is wrought by ghosts or gremlins. There seems to be no necessary connection in their minds between the volume of humanity and the impact they make on the environment. Humans can apparently reduce their consumption ad infinitum, or be so clever as to invent a technology that restores extinct fish and depleted soils in the face of an ubiquitous human presence.
Of the 21 groups surveyed, only three stood up to be counted to favour immigration reduction: Californians for Population Stabilization, Negative Population Growth and Northwest Environment Watch. Oddly, the Audobon Society and the World Wildlife Fund acknowledge that immigration does indeed play a major role in population growth but wont take a public stand against it. In fact five green organizations will not walk up to the altar and say I do. They apparently believe that overpopulation is a global problem that manifests itself even in North America, but wont favour any measures, humane and inhumane, to stop it close to home. They are the Autobon Society, Native Wildlife Federation, Population-Connection, Sierra Club and the World Wildlife Fund.
Six organizations evidently repeat the soft-green mantra that oh, yes, overpopulation is a problem alright, but only in some far-distant third world land, certainly NOT HERE! An American population that is projected to increase by 145 million people in the next forty years to 450 million does not seem to qualify as a problem to them. These Mr. Magoos of Greendom include American Forests, Conservation International, Environmental Defense Fund, Izzak Walton League of America, Natural Resources Defense Council and Robert Englemans Worldwatch Institute.
But what is astounding is that there are eight major environmental groups whose focus is allegedly wildlife conservation and they not only do not believe that overpopulation is a threat to wildlife in America, or anywhere else either. They are, infamously, Defenders of Wildlife, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, National Environment Trust, Nature Conservancy, Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) and the Wilderness Society. At least Mr. Magoo had partial sight. These people are completely blind. Or should we say, blinded by donations and subscriptions.
The American Environmental NGOs, like their counterparts in so many other countries, are a complete waste of time, money and hope. They are the nightwatchman who is chronically asleep on the job, and should be given the pink slip before Mother Nature gives us one.
Tim Murray,
February 26/2009
